Supplemental panel stove top



Dec. 19, 1939. F R H W 2,183,935

' SUiPLEMENT AL PANEL STOVE TOP I Filed May 5, 1938 Q l a oooooooo- H iI .E

@ Z M M @ttoqmmq PatenteclDec.19,1939 I v I I UNITED STATES PATENTOFFECE SUPPLEMENTAL PANEL s'rovn TOP Francis R. Howe, Wakeman', OhioApplication May 5, 1938, :Serial No. 206,148

' 1 Claim. (01. 126-39) This invention relates to cooking type of stoveabout which may pass flexible connection I! from tops with panelboundary therefor. counter-weights it. These flexible connections Thisinvention has utility when incorporated in I! extend to depending earsl9 fixed with the a boundary panel or fence adapted to clear cookpanel Ii. There is, accordingly, normal action ing vessel placing andremovalfor thereabove or of these weights Hi to cause the panel II to be5 f r thereabgut elevated into lateral bounding position for theReferring to the drawing: cooking vessels or the stove top cookingportion. Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view, in front elevation, In thecontrol hereof this stove top 3 is shown of a portion of a cooking stovehaving the suppleh v ng pening 20 near rear portion I 2| of this mentalpanel of this invention incorporated stove I and thereby not normally inthe way for 0 therewith and in approximately flush position; casualattention by the cook nor to be readily Fig. 2 is a View similar to-Fig. l, but with the accessible to youth. From this opening 4prosupplemental panel in boundary-providing or trudes control handle 22having fulcrum 23 fixed lifted position as to the cooking portion of theWith the stove top 3 under side. This handle 22 Stove isa lever havingits lower portion connected'to 15 Fig. 3 is a plan vew of thissupplemental panel slide latch 2 3 normally held by tension spring 25 asa boundary for a stove; to have its terminus 26 thrust toward the stoveFig. 4 is a view in section of thedepending v wall 6 and thus,atelevated position for the panel portion of the stove top and thissupplemental 18 under u h panel II as a latch. Simulta- 20 panel in theregion just below the stove top deck neously with this holding action,there is supple- 20 on the line IV IV, Fig 2; mental holding action forother portions 'of this Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of control meanspanel due to the fact that thisplunger 24 has for positioning thesupplemental panel on the pivot p 27 Connected to oppositely extendingline v v Fig and levers 28 having fulcra 29 with the under side of Fig.6 is a detail view of the latch or holder the stove p s u t o t e pl ner 24 25 feature of the panel on th line VI, Fig 4, into latch holdingposition at the panel H front Cooking stove I. h t bl top portion 2, andside swings the free ends of these levers 28 into adjoining Such topportion 2 cooking top latch holding position under the panel sides astion 3 having active cooking places 4 as heaters n'g away from thisfront of the stov 30 or burners. This stove has burner control means A crdingly, should the cook place a weight or 30 as switches 5 from frontwall 6 with rearward press down On h trim this panel is posiwall 1therefrom. Adjacent these walls and in honed against Such p g down andis also likethis cooking stove top 3, is more or less conwise effectiveagainst a childs efforts along such tinuous recess, slot or way 8 pastcorners 9, Ill, iiheS- The Child is accordingly shielded from forming away in which is located panel leg ll dangerous hazard. 35 extendingabout the corners and as continuous. There y he removal of this panel tod s p- This panel I! has finish top or trim portion 12 hearing Positiony pulling of this latch or and may have openings l3 therein forventilation handle 23 f0iWa1'd,.thuS Withdrawing e levers or lightmeans, as the occasion may be appro- 23 and plunger 24 from latchholding DO tiOn.

o. priate. In the construction hereunder, this panel Depression of thistrim 92 0f the panel H v may be of plated metal or as a contributingfactor Overcome the SeVeral eights l8 will such may be of some plasticwhich will stand effect disappearing of this panel II in the stovecooking temperature, but sightly in appearance p and as. thisdisappearing a tion is comand a poor conductor of heat, so that in thispro- Dleiied down to fiushposl'tioh abutting position jected upwardposition it may Serve as light for this trim l2 as to the top 3, thefree ends of 45 weight fender, against the cook or chef becoming e e e28 enter Openings 39 in the p tions burned or undesirably having contactwith the 0f h panel H as e e ding away om the. cooking vessel orsputtering therefrom. Furtherfront, While the plunger 24 enters p g 3|in more, in this controlposition, younger persons the o Po o of t epanel. There is accordabout the kitchen or cooking department may not ny a holding o l cking of this panel in the casually have access to thevessels or the burner disapp d p ssed condition for lateral regions asactive and thus avoid occasion of inclearway about the coolnng vesselsas Well as jury therefrom. the stove top.

In the controls hereunder for this panel in ele- For bringing intore-use position, it is only vated position, brackets l4, l5, locatepulleys l6, necessary to pull the handle 23 when the counter- 55 weightsl8 at once elevate the panel ll into effective bounding position aboveclearway about the vessels or burners; At once this is elevated, thespring 25 has acted to throw the holding means so that the free ends 28ride under the sides of the panel II and the plunger 24 has its terminus2B projected under the forward portion of the panel ll, automaticallylocking such in the elevated position. In depressed or disappearingposition, the panel is peripherally housed or concealed by the stove.

For the panel as hereunder, the term is used to apply to a barrieradaptable to be placed on the stove. The placing is by locating in ashielding or protecting position at a region or regions more or lesssurrounding and laterally of the cooking area or working space,especially of the hot surface of the stove. The extent of the shieldingmay be according to the height preferred and whether or not open work beof helpful purpose as may be suflicient for the particular occasion oradaptation for use.

What is claimed and it is desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a range, a cooking top provided with a cooking area, said topprovided with an upwardly open slot surrounding said cooking area, apanel mounted for vertical movement in said slot, said panel in itselevated position forming a fence around said cooking area and in itslowered position concealed below said cooking top, and means forlatching said panel in either position.

FRANCIS R. HOWE.

